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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Not Exactly Name Brand...

I've loved The Oatmeal for years. When Matthew Inman wrote his blog post on ultra-marathoning, I was even more hooked. Then he came out with this beauty, a 6-part comic on long distance running, and I nearly died from fan-girling.

I immediately set out to purchase the tech shirt he designed. It came today, and was just what I needed as a pick-me-up!

Fuzzy photography courtesy of Matt. But Archie approves of the shirt!

Let's play "This Room Belongs to a Runner" I-Spy.

Running away from this fat little Lard Fairy is such a great motivator. Also, I hope to gross people out at the gym. (Matt is super grossed out by the shirt.) It's really comfy and light! Once it cools down, it will make a great addition to my wardrobe.

In not-so-good news, my 15-miler yesterday was cut to 10 because my foot was killing me. I tried to pad the hot spot, but to no avail. This morning there was an angry red bump where the pain is, but the bump is gone now. The pain isn't.

Hopefully this can be solved by a new lacing technique.

I have a podiatrist appointment on Thursday. Let's hope this isn't a fracture.

Have any weird running gear that just makes you smile?Do you read any webcomics you just HAVE to share?

I'm not feeling too badly about the 10 miles because I know I pushed my beyond my usual stopping point, given the pain. (In the old days I wouldn't have even tried for a mile.) But I felt so GOOD, that it really sucked to stop early.